Appeal No. 2005-2429 Page 5
Application No. 10/069,612
Here, Barzegar discloses "a hybrid fiber twisted pair local loop architecture."
Col. 4, ll. 46-47. In the architecture, "[a]n intelligent services director (ISD) 22 may be
coupled to a central office 34 via a twisted-pair wire 30, a connector block 26, and/or a
main distribution frame (MDF) 28." Col. 5, ll. 3-6. "The central office 34 preferably
includes a facilities management platform (FMP) 32 for processing data exchanged
across the twisted-pair wire 30." Id. at ll. 11-13. " The FMP 32 may process data
and/or analog/digitized voice between customer premise equipment (CPE) 10 and any
number of networks. For example, the FMP 32 may be interconnected with a
synchronous optical network (SONET) 42 for interconnection to any number of
additional networks such as an InterSpan backbone 48, the PSTN 46, a public switch
switching network (e.g. call setup SS7-type network 44), and/or a network server
platform (NSP) 36." Id. at ll. 28-35.
The part of the reference cited by the examiner explains that the invention
"makes it simple and efficient to provide high priority to voice communications by the
ISD 22 by providing a bandwidth on demand as discussed elsewhere. . . ." Col. 12,
ll. 42-45. Elsewhere, Barzegar describes the provision of bandwidth of demand as
follows.
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